Thanks!

There are so many people who have been kind or helpful on my writing journey or whose writing, teaching or example have been instrumental to my work. If you are looking for yourself and you don’t see yourself listed yet, please check back later. I’m starting in childhood and then moving forward in time. I’ll add more as time goes on…enjoy!

Thanks to the following individuals:

• Ginny Bazarian
• Holden Wilson Jr.
• Richard Corum
• Heather McCutchen Kannam
• Dr. Robert Sokol
• Deborah K. King
• Stacey Coverdale
• Susan Marshall Abraham
• Jen Wertz Houlihan
• Laura Welles Wilson
• Kate Benedict MacGregor
• Katie Perle
• Randall Albers
• Eric May
• John Schultz
• Gary Johnson
• Wade Roberts
• Kristin Bair O’Keeffe
• Moe Ross
• Gary Rosenberg
• Louise Hay
• Oprah Winfrey
• Martha Stewart
• Bette Midler
• Bonnie Friedman
• Julia Cameron
• Anne Lamott
• Natalie Goldberg
• SARK
• Brenda Ueland
• Pam Houston
• Maya Angelou
• Alice Walker
• Erica Jong
• Sonia Choquette
• Dr. Jean Houston
• Joseph Campbell
• Marion Woodman
• Jan Phillips
• Valerie Young
• Mary Hunt
• Anita Diamant
• Wendy Burt-Thomas
• Linda Howson
• Susan Colleen Browne
• Cathy Angell
• Lauren Fritzen
• Greg Robanser
• Tara Stevens
• Rachel Bender
• Joanna Nesbit
• Laural Ringler
• Gordon Burgett
• Marjorie Holmes
• Mary Murray Shelton
• Sheila Wellington
• James Holman
• Amy Wang
• Michael Larsen
• Elizabeth Lyon
• Jenna Glatzer
• Moira Allen
• Kelly James-Enger
• Linda Formichelli
• Diana Burrell
• Elaura Niles
• Julie Fast
• Bill Johnson
• Leona Grieve
• Jennie Shortridge
• Lee Silber
• Jane Friedman
• Rita Rosenkranz
• Michelle Ehrhard
• Eric Maisel
• Sharon Miller Cindrich
• Barbara De-Marco Barrett
• Jeff Ayers
• Wayne Ude
• Nancy Boutin
• C. Hope Clark
• Barb Weiser
• Seth Godin
• Chris Andersen
• Cindy Hudson
• Sage Cohen
• Gigi Rosenberg
• Abigail Green
• Jennifer Applin
• Judy M. Miller
• Jennifer Kales
• Jen Schile
• Tiffani Hill Patterson
• Megan Pincus Kajitani
• Amy Mercer
• Allison Winn Scotch
• Heather Sellers
• Hallie Ephron
• Sharlene Martin
• Phil Sexton
• Lori Russell
• Deborah Schneider
• Laura Bridgwater
• Gregory A. Kompes
• Sue Fagalde Lick
• Susan Clark
• Cathy Belben
• Elizabeth Short
• Pamela Kim
• Mary Andonian
• Kati Neville
• Pat Duke
• Burton Haun
• Andrea Erickson
• Mailia Laughton
• Ashleigh Rousselle
• Carmen T. Bernier Grand
• Shelli Lipkin
• Susan Fletcher
• Marc Acito
• Cynthia Whitcomb
• Elizabeth Rusch
• Heather Sharfeddin
• Brian Libby
• Christine Fletcher
• Linda Kuhlmann
• Samantha Ducloux Waltz
• Gail Konop Baker
• Amber J. Keyser
• David Michael Slater
• Laura Whitcomb
• Naseem Rakha
• Melissa Hart
• Marina Cameron
• Nicole Rubel
• Paul Gerald
• April Henry
• Nena Baker
• Eric M. Witchey
• Page Jordan
• Cheryl McKeon
• Cory Doctorow
• Jessica Strawser
• Chuck Sambuchino
• Greg Hatfield
• James Scott-Bell
• Gretchen Roberts
• Diane Sawyer
• Kathy Sena
• Doug Zanger
• Michelle Te
• Diana Page Jordan
• Lydia Sharp
• Hope Edelman
• Jill Bryne
• Dan Case
• Guy L. Gonzalez
• Mike Shatzkin
• Kelly Messerly
• Meryl K. Evans
• Debbie Ridpath Ohi
• Penny C. Sansevieri
• Alana Lea
• Linda Joyce
• Gwen Mayes
• Lela Davidson
• Mark Bennington
• Susan Liwanag
• Joe Wikert
• Chris Brogan
• Allena Tapia
• Seth Harwood
• Cara Holman
• Mickey Ronningen
• Carla Williams
• Renee Roberson
• Cornelia Seigneur
• Maria Schneider
• Claudean Wheeler
• Terry Woesner
• Jackie Papendrew
• Beryl Bray
• Lisa Romeo
• Stephanie Sheaffer
• Anne-Marie Nichols
• Priscilla Palmer
• Michael Stelzner
• Meg Cabot
• Scott Sigler
• Dana Stabenow
• Allison Winn Scotch
• James Scott Bell
• Gwyn Cready
• Katie Davis
• Hallie Ephron
• Heather Vogel Frederick
• J.A. Konrath
• Lisa McMann
• Laurel Snyder
• Susan May Warren
• Lynne Spreen
• Janine Boldrin
• All the participants in my blog tours, amazon spike days, contests & giveaways
• All of my book and e-book readers
• All of the WPSS scholarship applicants
• & All of my students since 2001

Thanks to the following schools, groups, companies, events & orgs:

• Wilbraham & Monson Academy
• Dartmouth College
• Columbia College Chicago
• Wilsonville Arts & Culture Council
• Wilsonville Public Library
• Wilsonville Friends of the Library
• Willamette Writers
• Pacific Northwest Writers Association
• Whidbey Island Writer’s Association & MFA Program
• King County Library System
• Village Books
• Third Place Books
• Orca Books
• Broadway Books
• Barnes & Noble, Clackamas Center
• SCBWI Oregon
• Oregon Writers Colony
• Rose City Romance Writers
• Association of Writing Programs
• Writer’s Digest
• Oklahoma Writer’s Federation, Inc.
• American Society of Journalists and Authors
• Digital Book World
• Literary Mama
• Wilsonville Starbucks
• Preditors & Editors
• Wilsonville Lamb’s Thriftway
• Wordstock
• Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association